Douluo Continent, Huo Yuhao who returned from Sekiro

Chapter 654 The Soul Palace is probably no weaker than the Holy Spirit Cult! (6K)

"What, you're not convinced?"

A hint of impatience flashed in Number Ninety-Six's eyes: "The Holy Maiden is at the Mingyue Hotel. Go and have a word with her."

Upon hearing this, Number Ninety-Eight immediately shrank back, the image of the crazed black phoenix that seemed to want to burn the heavens and earth flashing through his mind.

Forget it.

He was genuinely worried that the Holy Maiden would lose her temper again and twist his head off. Although he suspected that the Holy Maiden's temper was faked, he had no evidence, and even if it was real, so what?

In the following days, no further incidents occurred during the competition, whether it was the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament or the Xi Shui Alliance competition. Of course, this was in the case of Huo Yuhao, or rather, Shrek Academy.

This is not the case for the Holy Spirit Sect, which won Shrek Academy a few days ago.

Of course, the opponent in this match wasn't drawn by the Holy Spirit Sect, so they can't be blamed. The main blame lies with Wang Qiu'er, since she's the captain. Her luck is something those who know, know.

The Holy Spirit Sect, which had been slaughtering other Soul Masters in the competition, almost wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Wang Qiu'er when they met her.

Long before the Sea God's Fate ended and the Sword of Judgment was returned to Huo Yuhao, Wang Qiu'er pulled out a golden dragon spear of extreme yang and strength from somewhere. It pierced the body of the evil soul master and caused it to burst into flames. Huo Yuhao was so envious that he drooled.

This thing, in terms of quality, is probably no less powerful than the Life-Carving Knife in his hand. If it were to pierce an evil soul master, it would leave a hole in their body, and being burned to the core would be the least of their worries.

According to Wang Qiu'er, no one can wield the Golden Dragon Spear except for the owner of the Golden Dragon Martial Soul. Anyone who touches it will have their life force absorbed by it. Within its 100-meter diameter radius, nothing grows; the life force of all living beings will be continuously absorbed, and no substance can block it.

Once it absorbs enough life force, it will activate the Golden Dragon Soul within the Golden Dragon Spear, carrying it far away until it encounters someone with a Golden Dragon Martial Soul or bloodline.

Wang Qiu'er originally wanted Huo Yuhao to back down, but to her surprise, Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up like two light bulbs after hearing her words, and he even started to disassemble his mechanical spear, which made Wang Qiu'er extremely nervous.

"Calm down, you bastard! This isn't like your old Mortal Blade. Put your mechanical spear back on. I'm not letting you use the Golden Dragon Spear as a ninja tool!"

Wang Qiu'er said this, and then hid the Golden Dragon Spear, fearing that Huo Yuhao would try to snatch it.

Although Huo Yuhao really wanted to tell Wang Qiu'er how this was any different from the Mortal Blade, one was certain to die if you held it, and the other was certain to die if you drew it—aren't they almost the same?

However, seeing Wang Qiu'er's wary eyes, which resembled those of a frightened little beast, he ultimately gave up the idea of ​​trying out the Golden Dragon Spear.

Although Huo Yuhao didn't have the good fortune to experience the Golden Dragon Spear, the evil soul masters of the Holy Spirit Sect were very fortunate.

Although Wang Qiu'er only went on stage to test the waters and killed an evil soul master before leaving, Huo Yuhao, who immediately followed, also made the Holy Spirit Cult lose the will to continue fighting.

Before they figured out how to deal with the giant enhancement array released by Huo Yuhao, fighting Huo Yuhao was a complete waste of time, so they had no choice but to raise the white flag and surrender—after all, evil soul masters are not asexually reproduced, and the higher-ups would feel the same pain if they died.

How to deal with Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er has become the biggest problem worrying the Holy Spirit Sect. One of them has a martial soul that is a natural counter to evil soul masters, and the other has a weapon that is a natural counter to evil soul masters, which makes Zhang Peng, the team leader, sigh with worry.

Fortunately, at this time, contestants number 98 and 96 from the Xishui Alliance submitted their intelligence, which allowed the high-ranking members of the Holy Spirit Cult to connect many pieces of information, and then their eyes lit up.

As the person in charge of the Soul Sacrifice Shop, Nana concealed her appearance and changed her voice in every transaction, but her appearance could never be changed. Soon, the Holy Spirit Cult members dug up some information about her.

Originally from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Nana was coerced into joining the Holy Spirit Cult for a period of time. Later, she transformed into the person in charge of the Soul Sacrifice Shop. She was one of the missing people who were rescued by the Soul Hall and taken as a slave after they came to seek revenge.

The Soul Sacrifice Shop was the outpost for the Soul Palace to expand its business into the Sun Moon Empire.

What a magnificent Soul Palace! What a remarkable old shop for sacrificing souls!

Upon learning this news, a high-ranking member of the Holy Spirit Cult immediately wanted to settle all old and new grudges. The matter of the Soul Hall raiding many of the Holy Spirit Cult's hideouts back then hadn't been settled yet, and now they dared to humiliate his two disciples like this?

However, this foolish idea was quickly stopped by the Holy Spirit Cult. After all, the young master known as Soul Remnant had himself said that they had come to seek cooperation.

Moreover, the Soul Hall's abilities have also been recognized by Zhong Wuli, the Grand Master of the Sun and Moon Kingdom. Whether it is the woman who changed her name to Soul Nana or other contestants from the Soul Hall, they all seem to have mastered a profound secret technique that can be taught and used by everyone, allowing them to control the souls of soul beasts for their own use.

Not to mention that the fact that the Soul Hall raided more than a dozen dens overnight already revealed their terrifying strength—carrying out a cross-border revenge mission and destroying more than a dozen evil soul master dens in one night, even if all the madmen from Shrek Academy’s inner court came out in full force, they might not be able to do it so quietly.

After all, those dozen or so hideouts were basically filled with evil soul masters at the Soul Saint level, whose combat power was close to that of ordinary Soul Douluo. The fact that they destroyed so many hideouts so quietly and left behind Soul Hall tokens showed the strength of the Soul Hall.

Furthermore, the fact that the Soul Hall, this evil soul master force, could thrive within the three great empires and grow so powerful despite the Shrek Academy's suppression suggests that it is likely a force no less formidable than the Holy Spirit Cult. To antagonize such a force would be a foolish act.

Don't forget, Xu Tianran, that hungry old dog, is still watching them. Given the chance, the Holy Spirit Cult has no doubt that Xu Tianran will kick them aside.

With the constant speculation of the Holy Spirit Cult members, the Soul Palace's strength and foundation have been imagined to be that of a super hidden sect similar to the Body Sect. Although it may not be stronger than the Holy Spirit Cult, it is not much weaker.

The Soul Hall's participation in the tournament and the Soul Guidance Competition is seen by them as a signal that the Soul Hall intends to control the world together with the Holy Spirit Cult.

Therefore, although the Soul Palace raided more than a dozen of the Holy Spirit Cult's evil soul master dens, and the Death Messenger was not even killed by people from their Holy Spirit Cult, the Holy Spirit Cult still reluctantly accepted the blame that Huo Yuhao had prepared for them.

It's just a matter of losing a few branch elders. As long as we can unite with the Soul Palace to prevent Xu Tianran from playing the fool and discarding the enemy after the fact, it's all worth it.

(End of this chapter)